Where does “stoomroller” come from?

stoomroller (Afrikaans) comes from English steamroller, from English roller, from English roll, from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل — ingot.

stoomroller (Afrikaans): A steamroller

Definitions

  1. A steamroller

Ancestry of “stoomroller”, step by step

stoomroller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English steamroller

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsteamrollera steam-powered heavy road roller; Any heavy road...
2Englishroller"Anything that rolls."; A long wide bandage used...
3EnglishrollTo cause to revolve by turning over and over; to...
4Middle Englishrolle
5Old Frenchrolleregistration
6Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
7Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
8Arabicرَطْل
9Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ
10Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
11Frenchlitrelitre
12Medieval Latinlitra
13Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
14Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

via Afrikaans stoom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansstoomsteam
2Dutchstoomsteam
3Middle Dutchstôomsteam
4Old Dutchstōm
5Proto-West Germanicstaumsteam, vapour
6Proto-Germanicstaumazsteam, vapour
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰew-to die, pass away; to run, flow
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā
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